Employment agencies are companies that work to match a candidate with a specific position in a company. Agencies do this through their recruiters, which vary between the in-house recruiter and the headhunter.
An in-house recruiter, or internal recruiter, is a member of the company that is usually a part of the company's human resource department. Some in-house recruiters work for the company on a contractual basis, moving around in different companies and working at each one for a short time until the specific number of employees have been hired. These kinds of recruiters typically work in recruitment agencies, or employment agencies.
Third party recruiters, more commonly known as headhunters, are the people companies turn to when their in-house recruiters can't find suitable candidates for the job. Headhunters may work alone or through an agency. They act as the contact between the client and the candidates, and may specialize in either client relationship or looking for candidates, or both.
A type of headhunter is the Executive Search Agents or Professionals, who are more involved in the hiring process than normal agents. Executive Search agents are typically part of a larger company or agency, and have long business relationships with their clients. They usually have a large network of contacts, detailed knowledge of their area, and operate at the senior level.
Executive Search agents are involved in all the steps of the hiring process, which includes conducting reports and interviews and making sure that the candidates will fit into the culture of the company. Executive Search agents also do not resort to the usual poaching method that normal headhunters engage in. They have to be more professional in their activites, and because of that, the quality of their candidates are always topnotch.
Executive Search agencies usually add compensations for their clients to maintain their long relationship. A common example is how Executive Search agencies promise to make additional searches for free if the candidate resigns or is fired within a year of employment.
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